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Movement of 'gating charge' is coupled to ligand binding in a G-protein-coupled receptor.
Nature - 2 Nov 2006
Ben-Chaim Yair, Chanda Baron, Dascal Nathan, Bezanilla Francisco, Parnas Itzchak, Parnas Hanna
Abstract excerpt
Activation by agonist binding of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) controls most signal transduction processes. Although these receptors span the cell membrane, they are not considered to be voltage sensitive. Recently it was shown that both the activity of GPCRs and their affinity towards agon...
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